WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE...

Welcome to my books, my blog and to some of the adventures that make up my writing life.  Twenty-one years ago, my first novel, Midnight Blue, won the Smarties Grand Prix Award and to celebrate the anniversary of that win, Midnight Blue has recently been published as an e-book.

Do join in the celebration. Twenty-one years ago, a troubled child called Bonnie ran away from home in a magic smoke-filled hot air balloon. She didn’t have much going for her in life, but she was very brave.  She made some terrible mistakes and paid a high price for them.  Nothing ever seemed to go her way, and even when she found what she was looking for she faced the prospect of having to give it up.

Find out more about Bonnie on the Midnight Blue page.  Read my blog to find out more about my interests, the books and writers I love, and my writing life. And go the Belize page to read about my adventures in the name of research in the jungles of Belize for my gap year novel In the Trees.   

 

REVIEWS FOR 'IN THE TREES'

‘A 'must-read' book and a 'moving story that asks people to open their eyes to the effects of global warming.'  Live Magazine

'The gap year novel has arrived, hot from Belize and Pauline Fisk's capable pen.' The Irish Times

'Fisk has opinions but she doesn't feel the need to tub thump or put clumsy words into the mouths of her characters and everything simply flows beautifully. She went to Belize to research this novel and she has brought back such a wealth of sights and sounds and cultural attitudes to put in it that you can almost feel it. For me, the country was the stand-out element of In the Trees. I'm recommending this book, in case you hadn't guessed. It's original and fresh - a far cry from the floods of genre fiction filling the teen shelves in bookshops; it's well-written and interesting; it's by Pauline Fisk for heavens sakes! I think they'll like it.' Jill Murphy, The Book Bag

 

REVIEWS FOR MIDNIGHT BLUE

 'To my embarrassment, this book made me uncooperative and uncommunicative until I had finished it.  It certainly has an appeal far beyond the juvenile fantasy category.  It is intriguing, beautifully written and keeps the reader wondering until the very last page.  The suspense of disbelief is not merely willing, but eager; the fantasy becomes reality in one's mind, springing from that rich central core of England that gave us Elidor, Puck, Middle Earth and Watership Down.  This is fantasy at its best.' FICTION FOCUS

 'Midnight Blue is about growing up, about self-knowledge, and about the redeeming power of love.  It's imaginative and magical.  And just a little bit scary.  What more could you want? ...Here's hoping this new edition gives this lovely and unforgettable book a whole new generation of readers.' JILL MURPHY,  BOOK BAG